| Shadows Are Security | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | As I Lay Dying |
| Cover: | Shadows are security.jpg |
| Recorded: | December 2004-January 2005 |
| Studio: | Big Fish, Encinitas, California |
| Genre: | Melodic metalcore[1] |
| Label: | Metal Blade |
| Producer: | Tim Lambesis, Phil Sgrosso, Steve Russell |
| Prev Title: | Frail Words Collapse |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Shadows Are Security is the third studio album by American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. The album was released on June 14, 2005 through Metal Blade Records, and was produced by lead vocalist Tim Lambesis, guitarist Phil Sgrosso and Steve Russell. The album's title is derived from a lyric in the song Control Is Dead.
The album peaked at #35 on the US Billboard 200 in July 2005.[2]
Allmusic rated the album at 3 1/2 stars and Wade Kergan of Allmusic commented on the incorporation of different popular music styles, writing "these are things that shouldn't work on a metal record, but As I Lay Dying have proven here that they can." Kergan also commented on the apparent Scandinavian metal, thrash, nu metal and emo influences present on the album, joking that it "would lead metal purists to call for an old-fashioned record burning".[3]
Notes
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
As I Lay Dying[4]